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Freedom Now: Submission to the Human Rights Committee

Honorary Chair
The Most Reverend Desmond M.Tutu

FREEDOM NOW – COMMUNICATION TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
FOR THE EXAMINATION OF UZBEKISTAN’S STATE PARTY REPORT

(114 TH SESSION)

JUNE 3, 2015

Introduction

1. Freedom Now individually submits this report to assist the Human Rights Committee (Committee) in its review of Uzbekistan’s record of compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Covenant). Freedom Now is a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Washington, D.C. that seeks to free prisoners of conscience through focused legal, political, and public relations advocacy efforts.1 Since 2008, Freedom Now has worked on cases of arbitrary detention in Uzbekistan.